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L. KOSKIE.

CRAVAT.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. l9l8.

Pafented J 11116 10, 1919.

INVENTOR 7 ATTORNEM and off with the facility LOUIS KOSKIE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern.

of the King of England, residing at Brooklyn,'in the county of Kingsand State of New York,-.have invented certain new and use Improvements in Cravats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mens ties orcravats and more especially to ties of the form known as four-in-hands. It

four-in-hand tie, but whlch can be put on of a made up tie. Further objects of the invention will be apparent from the drawings annexed hereto in which:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete tie in its fiat form,

Fig. 2 represents a perspectiveview of a tie made up as worn in the position so that the parts may. be disengaged from each other, 1

5 the parts of the tie concealed from.

3 shows another form of the tie as worn but withthe attaching means between view Fig I behind its folds and below the knot of the tie. vThe tie blank 1 may be 'of the ordinary form of a four-in-hand tie,

the longer and the neck band portion of the tie section 3' being the shorter. section, havin cooperating attaching ed at it e ends thereof. As can be seen in Fig. '3, when the tie is made up, the section 2 provides the neckband portion and the section 3 is behind the section, 2 and is pulled upItoward the lefthand of the wearer. .In-other words it is preferable that therein, each sect1o means fas the configuration of the tie be such that theuser naturally puts the section 3' over his left shoulder and'below his neck when he be-.

ins making up the tie, and his first act is to orm or make up the tie so that the fastening means shall be finally located underneath the section 2' intended to form the front orvisible portion of the tie. As seen in the drawings, the sections 2 and :3. are tapered at their adjacent ends, and the separable fastening meanse and 5 are of less width or cross section than the broad bodies of the respective sections. In this particular embodiment I have shown an eyelet 5 and a snap fastener 4, but it is evident that equiva- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 4., 1918. Serial no. 232,502.

necessary is tobring the neck but is made in .to make ties of this tening means entirely encircling portion of Patented June nnate.

' lent fastening means can be substituted for the fasteners here shown, as long as they present a smooth surface, and do not catch upon the knotted portion 0 the tie, when section 2 is moved out of the knot, as later described. Similarly the fabric'adjacent the fastening means is soft, and hence it can be easily removed from the knot.

Ordinarily the tie is fastened around the collar, folded into shape and worn in exactly the same fashion as all four-in-hand ties. Fig. 3 shows a tie in this position as same would appear upon the neck of the wearer. When it is desired to separate the sections of the tie from each other all that is necessary is to pull down the knot of the tie past the fastening means so as to release'these from the knot and ex ose the fastening means above the knot o the tie and within the neck band of the collar.v When the fastening means have cleared the knot of the tie, the two sections of the tie may be unfastened without disturbing the knot. Of course, if desired, the same end could be achieved by pulling section 2, together with the fastening means, out of the knot. When it is desired to wear the tie a ain, all that is and of the tiearound the collar, readjust the fastening means to each other and pull downthe fastening means within or below the knot of the tie. It is important that the fastening means be concealed within the knot of the tie or slightly below same.

I am aware that it is old to make cravatsof this description in two sections with separable fastening means, but I believe it is new character with the fasconcealed within the knot of the tie or below the same. The tie thus constructed can be easily ut on and off and on account of the necessity of tying a knot each time. being obviated, can be worn a much longer time than the ordinary fourin-hand.

. What I claim is 1. A fourin-hand tie comprising two sections means, said separable fastening means having a substantially smooth and regular contour, the said sections being formed into a knot, one of said sections includin a neck such lengthft at said fastening means can be moved below the knot in the normal worn position of said tie,

connected by separable fastening the said fastening means being so small that they can be pulled through the said knot in both directions without undoing it.

2. A four-in-hand tie comprising two sections connected by separable fastening means, the said fastening means having a substantially smooth and regular contour, one, of said sections including a neck encircling portion of such length that said fastenmg means can be moved below the knot in the normal worn position of said tie, the structure of the tie being such that when it is made up into a knot, the section underneath the said fastening means forms the rear section, the said fastening means being so small that they can be pulled through the knot in both directions without untyin it.

3. A four-in-hand .tie consisting 0 two sections ha ing tapered ends, the said tapered ends being connected by separable fastening means having a substantially smooth and regular contour and of less width than the bodies of said sections, one of said sections including a neck encircling portion of signature.

LOUIS KOSKIE.

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